(AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1781) Issue of the Connecticut Journal

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1781.) Issue of the Connecticut Journal describing the Battle of Guilford Court House. Issue #703. 4 pages, 14 x 8 1/4 inches, on one folding sheet; minor wear, faint dampstaining; uncut. New Haven, CT: Thomas and Samuel Green, 19 April 1781

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Includes General Nathanael Greene's long 16 March report to Congress on the Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina, the largest battle in the war's southern theater: "The conflict was long and severe, and the enemy only gained their point by superior discipline. . . . The firmness of the officers and soldiers, during the whole campaign, has been almost unparalleled." Includes much other war news, and a satirical "Dialogue Between Cuffe and Toney about State Affairs."